Bishop Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia

Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1940		Born
21 Jan 1968	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
21 Dec 1992	52.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia
21 Dec 1992	52.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta
23 May 1993	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta
16 Apr 2016	75.5	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia

MicroData Summary
Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis
Bishop Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis O.F.M. Cap.
(born 12 Oct 1940)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar

Ad Limina - October 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Maiweini

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Harar.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Paulos Cardinal Tzadua †
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Zekarias Yohannes †
Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Bishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot †
Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paulos Cardinal Tzadua † (1973)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † (1958)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai † (1951)
Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel, C.M. (1998)
Bishop Abraham Desta (2003)
Bishop Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. (2004)
Bishop Angelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap. (2016)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1806289

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 134, Number 12,073
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 16 Apr 2016

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